Bangladesh faces high poverty and child undernutrition rates,
which are exacerbated by frequent natural disasters and high
population density. The proportion of the population living under
the poverty line came down from 49 percent in 2000 to 31.5
percent in 2010 as a result of consistent economic and remittance
growth (Household Income and Expenditure Survey HIES 2010).
However, due to high overall population, the absolute number of
people living in poverty remains high, with 48 m...

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